Punjab: Phasing out paddy
PUNJAB’s draft Agriculture Policy has laudably recommended a ban on all long-duration paddy varieties and paddy cultivation in 15 dark
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COMMODITIES
Bhopal: Govt Sets Wheat Stock Limit, Work On To Fix Pulse Limit
In a bid to check price rise and hoarding, the state government has fixed the stock limit for wheat and
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Kharif crop sowing surpasses average area driven by paddy, pulses and coarse cereals
By Dhirendra Kumar Improved monsoon conditions over the past week have boosted sowing activities, pushing the total kharif crop area
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Cuba’s Daily Bread Ration Reduced Due To Wheat Flour Shortage
By Prateek Levi In a move reflecting the deepening economic crisis in Cuba, the government has announced a reduction in the
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Canada Farmers Expected to Produce More Wheat, Soybeans But Less Canola This Year
By Robb M. Stewart OTTAWA–Canadian farmers are projected to produce less canola but more wheat and soybeans after crop conditions
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Punjab draft agri policy wants paddy banned in severely parched areas
By Ruchika Khanna Punjab’s draft Agriculture Policy has recommended a ban on all long-duration paddy varieties and paddy cultivation in
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Firm to compensate farmers for losses due to paddy seed mixing
By Aakanksha N Bhardwaj Farmers from Kapurthala, who had sown the SR 110 variety of paddy, have been suffering losses.
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Telangana: Raw Rice Mills Need to Upgrade Technology: Telangana Civil Supplies Commissioner
Civil supplies commissioner D.S. Chauhan has stated that pending issues flagged by raw rice millers were being looked into. He
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China’s fading hunger for food grain spells trouble for world farmers
By Bloomberg By Hallie Gu, Tarso Veloso and Keira WrightWarehouses across China are bulging with grain as a deepening economic
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MEP abolition to boost basmati rice exports, arrest decline in mandi prices
By Sandip Das The government’s decision to abolish the minimum export price (MEP) of $950/tonne, which was imposed a year
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